With the threat of eviction hanging over businesses on sihanoukville’s O’Chheuteal and O’Tres beaches, land rights advocates congregated in Phnom Penh this week to give voice to thousands of families locked in land disputes with powerful firms turning swaths of coastline into tourism destinations. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Assembly yesterday approved a reshuffle of Prime Minister Hun sen’s cabinet, with a pair of unidentified opposition lawmakers backing the changes along with the ruling party, even after the prime minister reminded the CNRP he didn’t need their support.   ss='cambodia-color'>...

With a $148 million injection of capital through a Share PurchaSe Agreement, National Bank of Canada (NBC) now holdS a 90 percent Stake in ABA Bank, according to ABA and NBC executiveS, who enSured that the agreement will not alter ABA Bank&rSquo;S Strategy but enhance SS='cambodia-color'>...

Members of the opposition will join their ruling party counterparts on the National Assembly’s (NA) second Commission on Economics, Finance, Banking and Auditing in a meeting today with a European Union (EU) technical working group to discuss EU subsidies to Cambodia. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Half of US buSineSSeS operating in Cambodia believe that political Stability in the country iS Such that they are confident in expanding their operationS, according to an annual report by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and the US Chamber of Commerce&rSquo;S International AffairS SS='cambodia-color'>...

Representatives from Jiangxi International (Cambodia) Ltd met with Transportation Minister sun Chanthol on Monday and expressed interest in conducting feasibility studies for two new lines – one running from Banteay Meanchey’s sisophon town to siem Reap and one from Phnom Penh to Bavet in svay ss='cambodia-color'>...

The regional director of the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Tuesday that the latest proposed changes to Cambodia’s draft Trade Union Law—which has been blasted by employers and unions alike—marked an improvement over the last version, which the ILO had called a “step backward.” ss='cambodia-color'>...

The state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port is looking to raise up to $6.4 million in its initial public offering (IPO) and float 20 per cent of its shares on the stock market in December, according to a company draft prospectus released yesterday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Indigenous villagers in eastern Cambodia’s Mondulkiri province have filed a complaint in local court against military officers and a land speculator who forcibly confiscated more than 80 hectares (198 acres) of their land, an official from a rights group said Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Citing low water levels of the Tonle sap as the cause, Prime Minister Hun sen yesterday justified his decision to call off the upcoming Water Festival in Phnom Penh in a speech in Kampot, even as some observers suggested political concerns motivated the event’s abrupt ss='cambodia-color'>...

National Assembly President Heng samrin has become the latest government official to accuse opposition leader sam Rainsy of defamation, with a lawyer for the ex-president filing a complaint against Mr. Rainsy over false claims that the 1980s communist regime sentenced King Norodom sihanouk to death. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A Finance Ministry official said on sunday that the government had yet to decide whether it would comply with Asian Development Bank (ADB) rules that families facing eviction from along the country’s old railway tracks be offered resettlement options better than the ones they have ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 100 people have expressed interest in taking positions with the National Election Committee (NEC) since applications were made available to the public five days ago, but complicated identity and background checks have prevented anyone from actually applying, the NEC’s spokesman said on Monday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 500 people gathered outside Phnom Penh’s Prey sar prison on Tuesday to demand the release of form­er Capitol Tours bus driver Nan Vanna and la­bor activist Ros si­phay, who were arrested two weeks ago for participating in a demonstration against the company. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Environmental activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, who was deported in February last year, has been granted a one-month tourist visa through the Foreign Ministry’s online “e-visa” service, but an immigration official said yesterday that it was unlikely he would be allowed to use it. ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s Cooperative Agriculture and Processing New Progressive of Pailin (CAPNL) and Thai-owned CLMV Holding Company Ltd. yesterday signed an $11 billion, five-year joint venture agreement to build a network of pipes and reservoirs around the country to supply water for farming and home consumption. ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Kingdom’s first automated measures to apply for sanitary and phytosanitary (sPs) certification of imports and exports will be launched by the end of June in an effort to boost and facilitate communication between Ministry of Agriculture officials and importers and exporters applying for sPs ss='cambodia-color'>...

The investigation and trial following the brutal attack on two opposition lawmakers by members of Prime Minister Hun sen’s personal bodyguard unit last year has all the hallmarks of a “blatant cover-up,” according to a report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. ss='cambodia-color'>...

A section of road built beneath the ground and a renovated Kbal Thnal overpass may be on the way for the capital’s drivers, according to Phnom Penh Governor Pa socheatevong, although other officials close to the projects say construction could start as early as next ss='cambodia-color'>...

The total value of exports from the Kingdom’s garment and footwear industry increased sharply this first quarter by 39.1 percent to some $2 billion compared to about $1.5 billion in the same period last year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce. ss='cambodia-color'>...